Old-Time TOTW
Old-Time TOTW #331 is Hog Skin from the playing of Paul Bruce Goodman (6 April 1925—22 April 2002. Goodman was born in Owsley County, KY, and was the son of Hargis Wilson Goodman (1900-1989) and Myrtle Hazel Begley (1901-1967). He married Alta Mae Herald (1929-2011). His paternal ancestor William Hamilton was born in Augusta County, VA, in 1717. Sources: public documents, Ancestry, and Family Search.
Goodman was a World War II Navy veteran, was a member of the Booneville Order of the Eastern Star, and owned and operated a motel.
Hog Skin (or Hogskin) was collected from Paul Goodman by Bruce Greene in 1977. John Harrod collected the tune from Effie Pierson (1902-1981), also from Owsley County, KY, in May 1979.
Joining me are friends Stephen Rapp on banjo (Kent, OH), and Michael Seiser on guitar.
My book, Marion Thede and the Fiddlers of Oklahoma: The Fiddle Book, the Musicians and Their Tunes will be published by McFarland & Company. I will give updates as information becomes available to me.
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Paul Kirk has been playing bowed string instruments since 1980 and has been teaching them privately, in classroom settings, and in workshop formats since 1988. He studied music theory, composition, music education, music history, and musicology at Cleveland State University. While at CSU, Paul played violas da gamba, krummhorns, and recorders in early music ensembles. He was a founding member of Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble and has founded many of his own bands over the years including A Hundred Thousand Welcomes Celtic Ensemble, Knives and Forks English Country Dance Ensemble, and Down the Road Old-Time String Band. He has composed over 500 folk tunes in a variety of styles.
Paul has closely studied the music from Appalachia, the history of American old-time fiddling, source fiddlers, as well as the social aspects of the music. Since July 1, 2018, he has been creating and sharing videos each Sunday through his Old-Time Tune of the Week series on YouTube. Paul puts a great focus on fiddle bowing patterns and techniques and has devised practical methods for teaching with excellent results. One of his specialties is teaching old-time fiddle to crossover students, especially those coming from a background in classical violin and other musical traditions.
In 2022, Paul was designated as a master old-time fiddler and received a Traditional Arts grant from the Ohio Arts Council to work with an apprentice of his choice.
Paul taught viola, choir, music history, and assisted with drama and art for ten consecutive summers at orchestra and fine arts camps for The Music Settlement when it was known as Cleveland Music School Settlement